based on Co-op News report
An intriguing situation has arisen in the Tory-controlled Leeds Society where according to Mrs. Pauling Collins, one of the two Leeds Co-operative Menbars' Association nomineas on the board, directors' fees and exponses for the half-year ended on June 30th amounted to £1,781. Of this, she claims, only £250 was for fees and travelling expenses, leaving £1,531 for other expenses,
But just how this sum is made up, she says she is unable to find out - "The auditor promised me information at a recent meeting but later on changed his mind on the grounds that officials of the society had rofused to give it. I want the information because 1 disagree with the mule allow ing diractors to clains 30s. a day expenses when on the society's business, This should be allowed only for tusiness outside the socisty's area," she addse
As a director, of course, Mrs. Collins is antitled to detailed infor mation of the kind she asks for, Otherwise she would be within her rights in placing the facts before the Registrar of Friondly Socie ties.
The basically anti-Co-op attitude of the Tory majority of the Board of the Leeds Society is shown by the fact that it has the ‘lowest ratio of purchases from co-operative sources in the country. The figure being a mere 13 per cent,